Zi (Rat) — Due to the traitor answering incorrectly, the result is four.
Chou (Ox) — Due to the traitor answering incorrectly, the result is four.
Yin (Tiger) — Due to the traitor answering incorrectly, the result is four.
Mao (Rabbit) — Due to the traitor answering correctly, the result is three.
Chen (Dragon) — Due to the traitor answering correctly, the result is three.
Si (Snake) — The result is 3 because the traitor answered correctly.
Wu (Horse) — The result is 4 because the traitor answered incorrectly.
Wei (Sheep) — The result is 3 because the traitor answered correctly.
Shen (Monkey) — The result is 3 because the traitor answered correctly.
You (Rooster) — The result is 3 because the traitor answered correctly.
Xu (Dog) — The result is 4 because the traitor answered incorrectly.
Hai (Pig) — The result is 4 because the traitor answered incorrectly.
[Based on the above results, the increases and decreases in class and personal points for this Special Exam are as follows]
The school attaches cl and pr units after the points, which are abbreviations for Class Points and Personal Points, respectively.
In addition, Personal Points are the total Personal Points obtained by the entire class.
Class A... +100cl, +500,000 pr.
Class B... -550cl, no change.
Class C... +250cl, +1,000,000 pr.
Class D... +200cl, +3,000,000 pr.
Seeing such a huge change in points left Ryuuen dumbfounded.
It wasn't just Ryuuen; even Amane was shocked. Although she, Shiina, and Sakayanagi had joined forces to entrap Classmate Shibata once, she hadn't expected Class B to be deducted 550 Class Points.
Did Class B even have 550 Class Points? Amane did a quick calculation and found that after the Uninhabited Island Special Exam, Class B had at most less than 400 Class Points. Wouldn't a deduction of 550 points be the end of Class B? Furthermore, there was an unusual situation on the form sent by the school: Class C had actually taken first place?
This result was also beyond Amane's expectations because, in her calculations, Koenji, herself, Ayanokoji, and Matsushita had all achieved victory. Why was the total point count lower than Class C's?
Did this not mean that even if the top students joined forces, they were still inferior to Class C? What kind of joke was this!!!
Before Amane could voice her doubts, wails came from afar.
"Impossible!!! Absolutely impossible!!! Why? Why is it like this? It must be a mistake! Yes, that's right, the school must have sent the wrong one! How could Class B possibly be deducted 550 Class Points? What kind of joke is this, how could something like this happen?"
Classmate Shibata roared loudly, as if he had lost control.
However, no one around him wanted to stop him; instead, they glared at the crazed Classmate Shibata.
"Classmate Shibata! What is going on? I remember you promised us at least 200 Class Points, right?"
"Stop playing the fool! Answer me, Classmate Shibata, what is going on here?"
Facing the questions from his classmates, Classmate Shibata clutched his head in pain.
"I don't know."
"You don't know? When you drove Ichinose away, you said you would lead us to defeat Class D and Class A, and that we would all graduate from Class A together. Were all those just empty words?"
"Classmate Shibata is a big liar."
"That's right! Classmate Shibata is a liar! If, if Ichinose were still here, we would never have ended up this miserable!"
"It's all your fault! You useless Classmate Shibata! We have completely lost hope of rising to Class A. Who is going to take responsibility for this?"
...
The tide of accusations and insults caused the last string of Classmate Shibata's sanity to snap completely.
"You mean it's my fault?"
Classmate Shibata turned back to confront those who were questioning him.
He scanned everyone who was accusing him with bloodshot eyes and a face so twisted it looked ferocious.
For a moment, the crowd that had been shouting loudly just a moment ago suddenly fell silent. Anyone who wasn't an idiot could see that Classmate Shibata had lost his sanity like a mad dog, and standing on the edge of a breakdown, he might resort to violence against them at any moment.
Classmate Shibata's violence was like children playing house in front of Ryuuen and Amane, but among the thirty-some people in Class B, not a single one dared to meet Classmate Shibata's eyes.
"If it's not your fault, then is it our fault? This is simply unreasonable."
At the critical moment, Himeno stood up.
"Yuki, are you planning to betray me too?"
Seeing that the person who stood up to question him was Himeno, who had been willing to follow him and oppose Ichinose from the very beginning, Classmate Shibata's tone was full of anger.
"Betray? Who exactly betrayed whom? Isn't this score something you colluded with other classes to use to frame Ichinose?"
Himeno's statement caused an even greater uproar in the crowd. The truth of the matter began to ferment rapidly, like a wild horse breaking free from its reins.
Originally, everyone couldn't understand why Classmate Shibata would lead Class B to such a result when he already knew the specific identity of the favored person.
But if Ichinose was involved, everyone showed a look of realization. If this exam failed, then Ichinose's early departure would be blamed by others, saying things like 'if Ichinose were here, we would definitely have won' and other such nonsense.
Fortunately, Ichinose's early departure had a sufficient reason this time, otherwise this huge pot of blame might have been dumped on Ichinose's head.
"I get it, you've also sided with her, right?"
"The only thing I've ever cared about is Class B. As the culprit behind the failure of this exam, Classmate Shibata, you must give everyone an explanation!"
Seeing Himeno dare to confront Classmate Shibata head-on, the rabble that had just been silent started clamoring again.
"That's right! You must give us an explanation!"
"Classmate Shibata, you bastard, you still want to frame Ichinose? Why don't you just go die!"
...
"You guys... When I was executing the plan, why didn't a single person oppose me? Wasn't all the content told to you in advance? Did any of you object? Now that there's a problem, you want to push the responsibility onto me? Fine, I'm an idiot. How could I have thought about leading you brainless people to Class A? Ha, hahaha, hahahahaha."
Classmate Shibata laughed loudly, laughing until tears streamed down his face.
"Classmate Shibata, calm down first."
Hamaguchi quickly approached Classmate Shibata because he had a bad premonition.
"Stand there and don't move, Hamaguchi. Don't they want me to take responsibility? Don't they want me to die? Then I'll just die for them to see."
Classmate Shibata quickly shoved through the crowd and ran toward the door.
"What are you doing? Go and grab Classmate Shibata!"
Hamaguchi ordered loudly in a panic, but it was clear that no one was listening to him.
"If he wants to commit suicide, let him. I want to see if he has the guts."
A boy snorted and blocked Hamaguchi's path.
However, the cries for help that followed left everyone dumbfounded.
"Someone climbed over the railing and jumped into the sea!!!"
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